Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Columns
Who will fill the vacuum?
By : Richard N. Haass :: It is increasingly clear that President Donald Trump represents a departure when it comes to America’s global outlook and behavior. As a result, the US will no longer play the leading international role that
The Qatari crisis and conspiracy repercussions
By : Turki Aldakhil :: The crisis with Qatar has provided political analysts with irrefutable evidence related to the void, which has led to nurturing of terrorism, its groups and members for two decades. The rise of media and social
Brexit — a story with a beginning, but no end in sight
By : Cornelia Meyer :: On June 19 the Brexit negotiations officially started with an exchange of token gifts between the two chief negotiators — David Davis for Britain and Michel Barnier for the EU. The two gentlemen also exchanged
Time to tackle anti-Muslim attacks seriously
By : Chris Doyle :: London woke to yet another terrorist attack on Monday: A man driving a van targeting innocent people, trying to kill and maim for political purposes. Unfortunately, one person was killed but it could have been
How Egyptians commercialize Ramadan
By : Mohammed Nosseir :: Enhancing their incomes has become the main concern of Egyptians, who tend to think of how and when they will be compensated prior to taking any action. As a result, business has become the main
To hell with war
By : Jonathan Power :: Frederick the Great of Prussia was a friend of Voltaire, and enjoyed ribald evenings with the philosopher discussing the intricacies of life’s dos and don’ts. Before becoming king, Voltaire persuaded him to become a pacifist,
The situation in Qatar is getting difficult
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed :: Last week, the Qatari government signed a deal to buy 36 F-15 fighter planes which are one of the best fighter jets in the world. Doha will thus possess a large air force in its
Rare, unusual and deadly attacks in Iran
By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh :: A pair of devastating attacks has shocked the capital of Iran. At least 12 people have been killed in twin attacks on the Iranian Parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini’s mausoleum, one of Iran’s most sacred
Arab Spring and terror through the eyes of a roving reporter
By : Ehtesham Shahid :: Jenan Moussa’s twitter page opens a unique window to her life and times. The young and happening Dubai-based roving reporter with a regional news channel is completely different from the armchair journalists most of us
This is not a Qatari summer cloud
By : Abdulrahman Al-Rashed :: Disputes between countries are common and they happen everywhere and at all times. However, in Qatar’s case, they are harmful, ongoing and unjustified. I tended to trivialize them every time as a passing summer cloud
Iran heads toward the Iraq-Syria border
By : Abdulrahman Al-Rashed :: Iran has a clear goal of creating a reality that enables it to determine the fate of Syria and later expand its role in Iraq. To this end, it is leading Iraqi militias, others it
Trump’s climate policies are full of hot air
By : Yossi Mekelberg :: President Donald Trump’s theater of the absurd is continuing to produce reckless policies that make a mockery of the US and put Americans and the world in harm’s way. This week, it was the turn
Qatar: Architect of its own isolation
By : Khalaf Ahmad Al-Habtoor :: This is one of the saddest days since the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was formed. I never imagined that a brotherly country, a neighbor with which we in the UAE share ties of blood,
There are lies, damned lies and Qatari statements
By : Faisal J. Abbas :: The severing of diplomatic ties with Doha by a number of Arab and Muslim countries — most notably fellow Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE — is not something
The leading health problem worldwide on the rise: depression
By : Harun Yahya :: Depression is a widespread disease in today’s societies and is called the “plague of our age” due to its destructive power. Damaging the spiritual and physical health of the person, disturbing one’s work life, social
The new Great Game of energy
By : John Defterios :: Last autumn, the world’s two largest oil producers united during an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC meeting in Algiers, where they publicly declared their commitment to cut output and support prices.
New crisis between Lebanon and GCC
By : Diana Moukalled :: Nothing seems to make us optimistic in Lebanon; we climb out of a hole only to stumble into another. There are signs of a new diplomatic crisis looming on the horizon. After the return of
Foreign intervention and the UK general election
By : Eyad Abu Shakra :: UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn provoked a storm of criticism when he said of the Manchester suicide bombing: “Many experts, including professionals in our intelligence and security services, have pointed to the connections between
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